By Q Radio news
Three more people people who had tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Health says there has also been 1,294 new confirmed cases of the virus in the last 24-hours.
Meanwhile in the republic a senior adviser to the Dublin government has expressed concern after daily Covid case numbers there exceeded 2,000 for the first time since January.
Professor Philip Nolan says the rising hospital admission rates in Ireland are also “not sustainable”.
LATEST: Three more people people who had tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Northern Ireland.
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) August 15, 2021
The Department of Health says there has also been 1,294 new confirmed cases of the virus in the last 24-hours. pic.twitter.com/28OIyOAmhR
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